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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
I love this series, i love this author and i love Alex Rider... i have read the whole cherub series, and this book is just amazing. Alex's uncle is a spy and when his uncle die in a 'car crash' from 'not wearing a seatbelt' alex is brutally roped into becoming a spy for the british government...and when he does his whole life thrown into peril... this is such an epic book a total thriller... as i say read or die!!! and you are never too young to die...
A great beginning to what I'm sure will amount to be a great series!
4.7 stars
Low on the details but intensely full of page-turning action. This is an addicting, fast-paced novel, full of twists. However, there was too little details, thoughts, and the character development wasn't good enough for my taste. But overall, a great book.
Update:
Need to reread and rerate.
Readers of last review & rating: question accuracy.
Low on the details but intensely full of page-turning action. This is an addicting, fast-paced novel, full of twists. However, there was too little details, thoughts, and the character development wasn't good enough for my taste. But overall, a great book.
Update:
Need to reread and rerate.
Readers of last review & rating: question accuracy.
Wow, I liked this way more than I thought I would! Sadly, neither library systems that I use have any other Alex Rider audiobooks, so it will be a long while before I continue this series.
Alex Rider is modern day Young James Bond. Because I also love the Young James Bond series, I noted several similarities. But, this book came out one year before Silverfin by Charlie Higson.
Boy with no parents.
Uncle who was a spy, now dead.
English boarding school.
Giant castle / mansion where rich dude lives with way too much security and a secret laboratory, but the locals don't mind because he's going to do "good things."
Teen boy has to go swim in a tunnel to find old entrance/exit to building.
The bad guy keeps eels/jellyfish as a murder weapon in a giant tank.
Teen boy is good at martial arts and driving, thanks to uncle.
Honestly, the biggest difference is that Young James Bond had friends and always finds love interests!
Alex Rider is modern day Young James Bond. Because I also love the Young James Bond series, I noted several similarities. But, this book came out one year before Silverfin by Charlie Higson.
Boy with no parents.
Uncle who was a spy, now dead.
English boarding school.
Giant castle / mansion where rich dude lives with way too much security and a secret laboratory, but the locals don't mind because he's going to do "good things."
Teen boy has to go swim in a tunnel to find old entrance/exit to building.
The bad guy keeps eels/jellyfish as a murder weapon in a giant tank.
Teen boy is good at martial arts and driving, thanks to uncle.
Honestly, the biggest difference is that Young James Bond had friends and always finds love interests!
still a great story so much so i read along with the audio book in one sitting
Alex Rider, in rapid succession, learns (1) his guardian uncle is dead, (2) his uncle was a spy, and (3) Alex himself must take his uncle’s place.
What a page-turner!
No kid could read this book and not want to read more.
What a page-turner!
No kid could read this book and not want to read more.
This book is jam-packed with cliches, coincidences, and one-dimensional stock characters. No one is interesting enough to root for, nothing surprising ever happens, and Alex Rider is one of the worst spies I've ever seen.
Fun YA novel
A breezy, fast paced novel that reminded me of Agent Cody Banks. This should be a fun series for kids, with danger, action and bravado akin to James Bond movies.
A breezy, fast paced novel that reminded me of Agent Cody Banks. This should be a fun series for kids, with danger, action and bravado akin to James Bond movies.
I picked up the sequel at a used-book sale, thinking it looked interesting, but wanted to read the series from the beginning. If it's half as good as this one I can't wait to hand them off to my kid, a little younger than Alex. The author described it beautifully when it called it an adult book for young adults. It has all the classic hallmarks of a good spy story, with none of the elements you would hesitate over letting your kids read.
Alex is recruited by the agency that got his guardian (his uncle) killed, although "recruiting" would be a kind way of putting it. As it turns out, he's really good at this spy business. He should be, his uncle has been training him for it his whole life. I'm looking forward to reading more about Alex Rider, reluctant teen spy.
Alex is recruited by the agency that got his guardian (his uncle) killed, although "recruiting" would be a kind way of putting it. As it turns out, he's really good at this spy business. He should be, his uncle has been training him for it his whole life. I'm looking forward to reading more about Alex Rider, reluctant teen spy.